Chapter 177 You're Heading for Disaster

"Ah..." Sadie Roth sobbed in utter distress. What to do? Was she going to meet her end here today?

"Mommy, if you jump, I'll jump too!" Coco tried to cheer Sadie on to make the leap.

"Of course you'd say that, you're a bird, but I'm not!"

Sadie was on the verge of tears.

Outside, the man in black continued to batter against the door-it wouldn't be long before he broke through...

But ahead was the thirteen-story fall, sure to result in injury or worse.

Trapped between a ruthless criminal and the high-rise...

It was a dead end either way!

"Jump! Jump! Jump!" Coco flapped her wings, urging Sadie.

"Forget it, if it's my time to die, then so be it!"

Sadie closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and braced herself to jump. But as the whistling cold wind brushed her ear, she pulled back, clinging to the window and wailing, "I don't want to die, oh please, my baby is still so young, and my money, I haven't even spent it all..."

"Boom!" The door burst open.

your time's up!" The man brandished his knife,

"Ah-"

her clothes snagged on the

way!!!" Sadie's world crumbled

launched another attack, pecking at

time, as he stabbed with his knife, the blade sliced

tumbled into

But the knife halted a mere centimeter

was ready to face

the blade

crumpled

eyes

ferocity of a wild beast, an unmistakable tension in his eyes as he scanned the room for her in urgency. "You

tears burst forth, her sobbing deep and heart-wrenching. "Why did you

Happiness Street.' No building number, floor, or apartment number. Man, I've been

her, arms open wide in an inviting

catching on the window sill. The force of

the thought

this the day she'd

the distance

his chest, finding a haven

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